German election winner Merz says priority is unity in Europe in light of pressure from Trump administration and Russia ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

Germany's election reshapes the political scene, with the far right and far left parties on the rise and coalition chaos and ...

Germany voters made a change at the top on Sunday, delivering a victory to centrist conservatives in the parliamentary ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Zelenskyy offers to step down in exchange for peace, and Singapore fund managers face lengthy licence delays ...

It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...

In terms of winners' proportion of polled votes, winners in only 107 (18 per cent) provincial constituencies secured more ...

After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of ...